Nearly six months after his arrest, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a Bijnor teenager who was booked below the Anti-Conversion Act and charged with “marrying and converting her to a girl”. He was accused of eloping with you”.
Late on December 14 final yr, a Dalit lady in Bijnor district was on her manner again dwelling from a good friend’s celebration together with her former classmate, a Muslim youth. They had been allegedly chased by a bunch of males, overwhelmed with sticks and interrogated. When it grew to become clear that they belonged to completely different religions, they had been reportedly taken to an area police station.
The accused was booked below the Anti-Conversion Act and below sections of the SC/ST Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.
During the listening to on Tuesday, advocates Ramesh Kumar and Ramesh Chandra Yadav, showing for the applicant, argued that they’ve been “falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive”.
Praying for bail, the legal professionals argued that there are “ordinary allegations” within the case, and that the applicant “has not tempted the victim, however, a fabricated and false story has been set up by the prosecution, while the applicant has has not committed any offence. As alleged”.
Without giving any opinion on the deserves of the case, Justice Vivek Kumar Singh granted bail to the applicant topic to a number of circumstances.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
